During the Depression, low farm prices, dust storms, and drought created unrest among farmers and workers in Sherman County and across Nebraska. The Farm Holiday movement, which urged farmers to withhold agricultural products from the market, was active, and representatives of left-wing political groups arrived to promote their own programs for economic recovery. In Loup City, the People’s Standard, edited by A. E. Brunsdon, supported local farmer and worker complaints. Violence broke out there on June 14, 1934, after rumors spread that women poultry workers at the Fairmont Creamery plant might strike for higher wages. Ella Reeve “Mother” Bloor of the American Communist Party and several associates in Nebraska organized a demonstration of support on the courthouse lawn. A march from the courthouse to the creamery and back ended in a clash with local residents. The jail sentences and fines imposed on Mother Bloor and others in her group ended the far left’s attempt to organize farmers and workers in Nebraska.